[CIG-LONG] [CIG-ALL] Gale 2.0.1

[Eric Heien]

Hi Michael,

The future status of Gale is currently uncertain and under discussion by the CIG executive committee.  Currently we plan to offer basic support and bug fixes for version 2.01, but it is unclear whether new features will be added and if they are there may be a time lag before we get to them.

If the current version of Gale can handle the sort of problems you are interested in, I'd recommend that you look into using it.  If you require additional features, please let us know and we'll take it into account when deciding what to do next.  If you're uncertain about whether Gale can handle what you want to do then let me know and we can try to figure it out.

Good luck,

-Eric

On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:01 AM, Michael Rubey wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm a PhD student with Prof. Müller and
> about to launch into the next phase of my
> study of geodynamic processes at
> subduction zones. As Gale is a software
> capable of modelling the desired settings,
> I wondered whether the announced departure
> of one of your developers as any effect of the
> software not being developed/supported in
> the future as much as it is now. I am aware
> that your website states "Developed, maintained,
> and supported.", I just wanted to make sure.
> Maybe you could give me a  quick outlook on
> what to roughly expect on these terms (a
> confirming statement like the one mentioned
> would be enough).
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Michael RUBEY, MSc | PhD Candidate
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> 
> 
> Betreff: FW: [CIG-ALL] Gale 2.0.1
>> 
>> FYI ...
>> 
>> 
>> On 24/08/12 12:44 AM, "Walter Landry" <wlandry at caltech.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> 
>>> I am pleased to announce the release of Gale 2.0.1, a finite element
>>> code for the long term tectonics community.  The main feature of this
>>> release is the addition of a stabilizing term for models with a free
>>> surface.  Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.  The release notes are
>>> attached below.
>>> 
>>> You can download binaries or the source code from
>>> 
>>>  http://geodynamics.org/cig/software/gale/
>>> 
>>> Installation instructions are in the bundled README and INSTALL files.
>>> 
>>> My last day at CIG is this Friday.  So if you run into problems,
>>> please direct any questions to the mailing list at
>>> cig-long at geodynamics.org.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Walter Landry
>>> 
>>> 2.0.1
>>> ----------------------------------
>>> 
>>> * A free surface stabilization term has been implemented.  This
>>> applies a non-linear damping term to all models by default.
>>> 
>>> * The temperature mesh has been changed to be Q2, the same as the
>>> velocity mesh.  This fixes problems when running thermal problems
>>> with distorting meshes.
>>> 
>>> * Documentation has been added for modeling density and expansivity
>>> changes as an arbitrary function of pressure and/or temperature.  This
>>> is a simple way of modeling phase transitions.
>>> 
>>> * You may now specify a moving static side.  This is useful when
>>> modeling a moving wall boundary that only covers part of the
>>> boundary.
>>> 
>>> * You may now use up to 30 different files for input as boundary
>>> conditions etc.
>>> 
>>> * A bug in parsing equations with "<" has been fixed.
>>> 
>>> * There is now a single binary for Mac 10.5 and later.  10.4 and
>>> earlier are no longer supported.
>>> 
>>> * The configure script now accepts --linkflags.
>>> 
>>> * Fix a bug when compiling Gale without HDF5.
>>> 
>>> * Checkpointing now occurs on the first solve, before taking a time step.
>>> 
>>> * Gale now works with Petsc 3.2.
>>> 
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>> 
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